Every week, we bring you local and regional food and drink news, trends, reviews, flavors, recipes and advice. Appetites airs every Wednesday on MPR News' All Things Considered with host Tom Crann.
Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson, author of "The Nordic Cookbook" has completed another book of recipes featuring Nordic delights, this one focusing on baked goods -- for the most part.
Minnesota's apple harvest has always made for countless pies and caramels, but increasingly, it's being made into cider.
Chef and author Beth Dooley shares her insights into the delights of dried beans and cranberries. She has a few recipes and a guide to bean types to share, too.
Growler Magazine's food editor James Norton shares the story of Katie Bonow of Capra Nera Creamery in Altura, Minnesota, and the growing cheesemaker community in the state.
Love it or hate it, pumpkin spice season is here. Snack enthusiast Ben Passer joins the show to talk pumpkin-flavor products.
Chef and cookbook author Amy Thielen shares her experience raising multiple egg-laying chickens.
The new food editor at The Growler magazine recently went on a tour of some of the many new restaurants popping up in the Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior, Wis. He called the area "out of control."
A new Minneapolis restaurant will help give a chance to former convicts who have done their time.
The North Country Food Alliance is working to combat food insecurity and food waste.
Strawberry picking season may be coming to an end here in Minnesota, but that doesn't mean you have missed your chance to be a picker this year.
Many kinds of crops are grown in Minnesota -- corn and soybeans, of course, also wheat, sugar beets, flax and oats, to name a few of the most popular. Rye is one crop that we hardly grow at all anymore, but it's starting to mount a comeback because it makes some fine young whiskey.
Appetites regular, and author of "Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers Market Cookbook," Beth Dooley joined Tom Crann to discuss her favorite things to pick up at your local farmers market.
And now, a conversation about one of the world's most popular formats for carbohydrate intake, the bagel.
Award-winning food writer Amy Thielen says Minnesota anglers shouldn't be too quick to throw back their non-walleye catch.
An acclaimed chef known for breaking traditions to redefine authenticity is moving on.
No, it's not too early to talk about the new State Fair food for this year!
This week on Appetites, we look at a new Somali-American Cookbook "Soo Fariista: Come Sit Down" published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press.
Minnesota's farmers markets are booming. Not just with produce but new products made from locally grown goods. Here's a rundown of some of the best finds.
HeavyTable.com's editor recently took his crew on a food crawl down East Lake Street. Here's what they found.
Gavin Kaysen, winner of Best Chef in the Midwest at the James Beard awards, talks about how restaurateurs are changing the way they treat the people cooking and serving your food.